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Infotrac for Public LibrariesInfotrac for Public Libraries

May, 2007May, 2007

Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives

Review Infotrac Databases used in Public Libraries

Discuss new content included over the last 6 months

Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library with Power Search

Share the future direction of PowerSearch with Power Search Plus

Academic General Reference

InfoTrac Student

InfoTrac Junior

InfoTrac SolutionsInfoTrac Solutions

Database Primary Focus

More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals.

More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines.

More than 1100 magazines and journals appropriate for grades 6-12. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum

More than 300 titles selected for grades 5-7. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum

Periodical Databases for General Research

Largest collection of full-text magazines available 95% with no embargo

Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)

Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text

Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies

Almost 65 million articles at your patron’s fingertips

InfoTrac OneFileInfoTrac OneFile

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?

More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and 2007.

Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.

Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.

10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine

Additional, Targeted DatabasesAdditional, Targeted Databases

Culinary Arts Collection Diversity Studies Collection Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection General Reference Center GOLD General Science Collection Home Improvement Collection Insurance & Liability Collection Popular Magazines Small Business Collection Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection Vocation, Careers & Education Collection

Your patrons may not know what “OneFile” is, so we created some additional, targeted databases:

Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases

Collection of major cooking/nutrition magazines

Thousands of searchable recipes

Restaurant reviews, industry information

Currently negotiating potential content agreement with:

Culinary Arts Culinary Arts CollectionCollection

Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases

Covers all aspects of home repair and interior design

More than 200 full-text magazines

Currently loading DIY trade publications

Home Improvement Home Improvement

Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases

Strong coverage of landscape design, botany

More than 100 magazines and a series of trade gardening books

Fully illustrated

Gardening and Gardening and Landscape Landscape

Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases

More than 500 travel guides (with maps) from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing

Major travel magazines

Strong focus on the hospitality industry as a business and profession

Hospitality and Hospitality and Tourism Tourism

““POWER SEARCH it” withPOWER SEARCH it” withGale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library

Imagine…

No shelf space issues.

No torn pages.

Equal access and full circulation of multi-volume sets.

No Readers

No Check In/Check Out

24/7 Remote Access

Free MARC Records

Fully Cross-Searchable

Circulate your Reference Content

Availability only through Thomson Gale

Accessibility and Customization

Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously

Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library

It’s Not Your Traditional eBookIt’s Not Your Traditional eBook

Full flexibility with your collection

No readers, no check-outs, no barriers

Unlimited usage

You own the content forever

And Multiple Ways to AccessAnd Multiple Ways to Access

DIRECT LINK

INDEX

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OPAC

UNIQUE COLLECTONS

ALL TITLES

POWERSEARCH

24 hours a day… 7 days a week… with unlimited usage…

A Look Further Inside GVRLA Look Further Inside GVRL

More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from

Hundreds of Award Winners

More than 33 publishers

Flexible pricing

Significant discounts for titles you already own in print

Build Your OwnBuild Your Own

You can also build your own collections…

Break out a Newspaper or magazine of your

choice

And Now on to PowerSearch…And Now on to PowerSearch…

Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading

periodicals

More than 1,000 of the world’s leading

reference books

PowerSearch: User SelectionPowerSearch: User Selection

1. Select your products

2. Submit your selections

Or, create a default to a Power SearchOr, create a default to a Power Search

Pre-selected databases

PowerSearch: Cross search resultsPowerSearch: Cross search results

E-Books Displayed Here

Easy access to all your resourcesEasy access to all your resources

Add a search box to your web pages

In 2007, In 2007, expect a research expect a research

experience unlike any experience unlike any other…other…

A New Common MenuA New Common Menu

PowerSearch NowPowerSearch Now

Changes in 2007Changes in 2007

Narrow by subject

Number of results displayed on the

tab

Search within results

New Document DisplayNew Document Display

Email, Print, Cite, Translate

Hyperlinked Fields

Additional New Features in Early 2007Additional New Features in Early 2007

Visual Search

Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability

Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters

Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks and tools

Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality

Tab configuration and “All Results” tab

Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject”

Search within Results

PowerSearch NowPowerSearch Now

Power Search now:Power Search now:Additional Databases TabAdditional Databases Tab

Search Additional Gale databases

PowerSearch PlusPowerSearch PlusVisual Search

Infotrac

Search ALL other library databases

Articles display from all sources

Clustered results by topic

Article DisplayArticle Display

Visual SearchVisual Search

We welcome your questions…